Hi, Check your config file with the command 'httpd -V' but speaking from a 'Mac users' perspective it’s usually found here: /etc/apache2/httpd.conf About 3/4 down you’ll find log formats etc and several suggested log levels. You can change back after you have solved the issue because 'debug' can/will fill your log files up pretty quickly with the extra info. Angel Hall-Coulston Scotland. > On 25 Jun 2020, at 19:58, barry kimelman <perlmaste...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello, > > Thanks for your reply. I solved the not being able to run a Perl CGI script > issue. I now have several of my old Perl CGI scripts up and running. > > Now one of my other CGI scripts is failing badly. The mysql error log does > not show anything useful. All I see on my screen is a '500 internal server > error'. I checked the syntax of my perl script and it is ok. > > Your message stated that setting "my log file level to debug" was a good > debugging idea. I have been trying to figure out how to accomplish this task > with no success. Which config file do I need to change and what specific > change do I need to make to the config file ? > > Thanks/ > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 11:15 AM angel Hall-Coulston > <rammstein...@me.com.invalid> wrote: > Try setting your log file level to debug, you will get far more information. > Also at the end of the 'log format' code in your configuration file (easy > double check by command 'httpd -V' which will double check your conf file) > add '%L' which when added to both access_log file formats AND error_log > formats will give matches between the two easily found with the 'grep' > command 'grep "[long-scrambled-unique-characters-for-that-particular-error] > '*_log' . Make sure you first are in the log directory. > > Another helpful tip… your apache comes with it’s VERY OWN manual pages which > when enabled in your 'includes' section of your config file, will allow you > to access MUCH quicker than going online, where you will find everything you > need to know. > > Angel Hall-Coulston > Scotland. > >> On 24 Jun 2020, at 00:35, barry kimelman <perlmaste...@gmail.com >> <mailto:perlmaste...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> my system is an ubuntu 20.04 lts laptop. >> >> I successfully installed apache2. I verified the installation by visiting >> http://localhost:80 <http://localhost/> >> >> Now I am having problems trying to run a Perl CGI script which I had running >> under Windows 10 on Apache 2.4 >> >> I modified the sites-enabled/000-default.conf file by removing the '#' from >> the start of the "Include conf-available/serve-cgi-bin.conf" line. I then >> created the /usr/lib/cgi-bin directory. I next put a small Perl CGI script >> named "printenv.cgi" under /usr/lib/cgi-bin. I then restarted the apache2 >> server. When I attempted to run my newly created CGI script gy visiting >> localhost:80/cgi-bin/printenv.cgi <http://localhost/cgi-bin/printenv.cgi> >> all that happened was I received a "404 Not Found" error. I looked at the >> apache logfile and it provided no further info. >> >> I even tried using the "wget" command. same 404 error. >> >> What have I done wrong? >> >> -- >> >> Barrry Kimelman >> Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada > > >
